Ordered a new intake manifold June 3rd. Removed the old manifold and prepped the engine. Get a notice manifold won't ship until June 20th. June 20th rolls around, get another notice backordered another month. July 20th rolls around, get notice again, backordered another month. Now scheduled to ship August 31st.
Meanwhile my diesel truck is in desperate need of new injectors and HPOP after 20+ years and 300K miles of service. I needed to get the Bronco back on the road so I had something to drive while fixing the diesel. Finally gave up on that plan and bit the bullet. Decided to super-prepare and knock the whole thing out in one weekend. I have been wrenching like a mad man this weekend trying to get it back together so I can go to work Monday. Thanks to multiple screwups on the sellers part, I had to wrench this weekend, so I missed our annual tradition of spending the day at the county fair.
In the meantime, I have missed all of camping season with the kids and I wasn't able to take the Bronco to the Longmont cruise night. (I hate you Edelbrock.) Wife's car was totalled in May (not her fault) We bought an Explorer and owned it all of 3 wks before it received $4500 worth of hail damage. (And the house needs a new roof too now)
Sorry for
ing, but this has not been a stellar summer.
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